flat fee tuition
Explaining Enrollment Fees
Here’s a first! For those who have an initial or annual enrollment fee, have you ever had anyone ask you to “explain the enrollment fee and what that goes to?” How did you answer? I feel kinda weirded by it. I’ve signed up my son…
All Inclusive Tuition
Alex (Thai), Stephanie, and I opened our combined commercial studio in March. So far, so good! We’re still working together and Thai doesn’t have too many white hairs yet. We recently started a discussion about switching to an “all inclusive” tuition package, where we would…
Tuition and Material Costs
I’m a new teacher since September and have been charging my families monthly for their tuition and then invoicing separately for materials costs as they arise. As I look ahead to next year I’ve been wondering if there are other ways of doing this so…
Building vacation time into tuition
I have not been giving myself set time off each year, but now am considering 2-3 weeks. Any advice/thoughts? Are you talking about ‘paid’ time off? I’ve considered having at least a week paid vacation but never have done it. Yes, I know teachers who…
Billing question
Does anyone else have any issues with parents asking to amend bills (after you’ve just spent hours doing them)? I have three parents who are leaving Perth mid-term – one has told me to amend the bill, the other has asked me to amend the…
Accounting for holidays in setting fees
I’ve recently re-listened to the training audios for Setting Fees and I’m eager to change my payment structure to a monthly flat fee instead of per lesson, that includes an increase. But I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on how to answer the questions…